---
type: lake
name: "Lax Lake"
county: "Lake"
nearest_town: "Finland"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 295
max_depth_ft: 35
latitude: 47.34576
longitude: -91.29885
lake_score: 58
dnr_lake_id: "38040600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/lax-lake
---

# Lax Lake

Lake in Lake County, Minnesota, near Finland

- **Surface Area**: 295 acres
- **Max Depth**: 35 ft
- **Average Depth**: 10 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.9 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9.1 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 58/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lax Lake is a 295-acre lake near Finland in Lake County, Minnesota. It reaches 35 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 10 feet, and has roughly 3.9 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9.1 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 9 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The DNR has stocking records for the lake, so check the stocking report for the most recent species and year classes. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 29, based on 75 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 9
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 29
- **Years of record**: 75
- **Earliest**: 2000-04-05
- **Latest**: 1996-05-13

## Nearby Lakes

- [Micmac Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/micmac-lake) - 2.1 miles, 137 acres
- [Cloquet Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/cloquet-lake) - 10.9 miles, 176 acres
- [Balsam Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/balsam-lake) - 14.1 miles, 221 acres
- [Cramer Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/cramer-lake) - 15.3 miles, 68 acres
- [Marble Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/marble-lake) - 15.8 miles, 160 acres
- [Kane Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/kane-lake) - 16.7 miles, 112 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.34576,-91.29885)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=38040600)
- [All lakes in Lake County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/lax-lake)*